doubts

• CURIE: gmeow:doubts
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/doubts
• Category: property
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/epistemics
• Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

An agent holds a proposition in doubt — a low-credence, unsettled doxastic attitude: weaker than believing, and distinct from settled disbelief (a refuted gmeow:standpointModality on the statement). Range OPEN, like gmeow:believes. Non-functional.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Agent -> ?

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:doubts from gmeow:Agent to ? when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Flagship Epistemic Ledger

• Source: slices/core/epistemics/examples/flagship-epistemic-ledger.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-epistemics-examples-flagship-epistemic-ledger

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@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
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ex:skeptic gmeow:doubts ex:propRecall .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Agent

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to record an agent's low-credence, unsettled leaning against a proposition — weaker than belief and not yet settled disbelief — when the wavering itself is what you want to capture.

Avoid when

• Avoid for settled disbelief (that is a refuted gmeow:standpointModality on the statement, a standpoint's explicit denial, never a factive knowledge verdict) and for full agnostic withholding (use gmeow:suspendsJudgementOn); doubt is a leaning, not a balanced suspension.

How to use

• Point the agent at the proposition or reified statement; if the doubt hardens into denial, model that as a refuted gmeow:standpointModality on a StandpointClaim rather than overloading gmeow:doubts, and let competing attitudes coexist (it is non-functional).

Examples

• ex:alice gmeow:doubts ex:earthIsRound.